/*
   Copyright 2009 Abdulla Abdurakhmanov (abdulla@latestbit.com)
   Original sources are available at www.latestbit.com

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/

package org.latestbit.smartobjects.network;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;

import org.latestbit.smartobjects.IDestroyable;

/**
 * Interface to server network acceptor (network listener)
 * @author abdulla-a
 *
 */
public interface IAcceptor extends IDestroyable {
	/**
	 * Starts acceptor
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public void start() throws IOException;
	
	/**
	 * Stops acceptor
	 */
	public void stop();
	
	/**
	 * Checks acceptor status
	 * @return if open true, else false
	 */
	public boolean isOpen();
	
	/**
	 * Sets acceptor network parameters
	 * @param listenerURI
	 */
	public void setEndpointURI(URI listenerURI);
	
	/**
	 * Gets acceptor network parameters
	 * @return network parameters in URI format
	 */
	public URI getEndpointURI();
	
	/**
	 * Adds event listener
	 * @param listener
	 */
	public void addListener(IAcceptorListener listener);
	
	/**
	 * Deletes event listener
	 * @param listener
	 */
	public void delListener(IAcceptorListener listener);
	
}
